The Scarlet Letter Literary Classics Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne In the market-place, Hester Prynne stands on the scaffold, sentenced to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. Refusing to reveal the identity of her baby's father, she is shunned by the townspeople and is destined to live a solitary life on the edge of town with her daughter Pearl. Then a physician arrives in town carrying a secret that w... more »ill ravage the lives of those closest to him, including his newest patient, the town's beloved minister.« less